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Like them, love them or hate them, you can’t deny they’re enormous. I just saw a independent documentary on Samsung and had no idea they were that massive. This documentary will blow your mind. Here some of the more interesting ones I found:

Samsung is the company that built Burj Khalifa, the tallest skyscaper in the world

Since 2011, Samsung has been the biggest smartphone manufacturer in the world

Samsung almost has half a million employees, more employees than Google, Microsoft and Apple put together

Samsung has a resort and hotel business, a medical center, an economic research institute and a welfare foundation

Samsung has the most efficient ship building center in the world. It’s over 400 million square feet in size

Samsung donates $100 million dollars to it’s non-profit medical center every year

Samsung are facing a new issue with their device, a manufacturer in China (presumably) is making fake Galaxy S6 clones that look almost exactly like the real one and people are getting ripped off. This is why you should be very careful when buying one online. This video explains the differences and what to look out for.

According to leaked documents the Samaung Galaxy S6 will start at KD 210 for the 32GB and KD 235 for the 64GB, unfortunately it appears they won’t be officially releasing the 128GB version in Kuwait. While the Samsung Galaxy Edge will go for KD 250 for 32GB and KD 275 for 64GB. I feel both are overpriced.

When the Galaxy S3 was released in Kuwait it was for KD 189, while the Galaxy S4 was for KD 202. Two hundred Kuwaiti Dinars would be the max I would pay for an Android phone, while the Edge is selling for KD 275. It’s also worth considering Samsung has been losing market share drastically and the prices aren’t helping them gain anything back.

I’m not going to go into too much details about the specs because most people already know them and they’re not that fancy, phones released 6 months ago had similar specs (for full specs of the phone click here). What I’m going to focus on is the additional features that come with the phone.

I’m both surprised and happy they released a 5.1 inch screen. I was expecting at least a 5.5 inch screen, I mentioned on a previous post that the maximum screen size I feel comfortable holding in my hand was 5.2 inch screen or less, so the Samsung unlike most new phones is a potential buyer for me, even though I don’t like Samsung.

I am disappointed that the battery is only 2,550 mAh, compared to my current phone the LG G3 it’s 450 mAh of battery juice less. On the positive side I did read they removed a lot of their TouchWiz software to have smoother performance and more battery life which I’m happy about.

It does come with wireless charging and Samsung claims charging the phone for 10 minutes will give you upto 4 hours of battery life. This is similar to Google’s Nexus 6 turbo charging but even better. A quick charge would give you 4 – 6 hours of battery life and I’ll be really happy if that did turn out to be true.

Samsung released two models, this one has an edge and I’m not sure how much value will it bring me as a user. It has an edge, so what? According to Samsung, “Galaxy S6 edge gives you a new way to quickly check and respond to calls, messages and emails.” I’m still not sure how that works but looking forward to it.

I was in an electronics store the other day when I noticed a huge printed ad for Samsungs new UHD TV 85″ screen, it was far from reality so I snapped a photo. After a quick photoshop job you can see the difference between the two. Click [here] for an image with a guy standing next to the screen for comparison.

Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you now know that iPhone users are finally going to get to enjoy the big screen Android users have been enjoying well over 3 years. Although I’m not a big Samsung fan I couldn’t help but laugh at how ironic Apple’s situation is right now.

It reminded me of how when most of the iPhone users defended Apple’s small screen size because it was common sense (ad below), since the thumb can’t reach the full distance of a bigger screen. Even Apple’s pretty sure it’s common sense, well they apparently lost they’re common sense altogether by releasing a 5.5 inch iPhone contradicting everything they worked hard to build.

I really doubt Apple would have released this device or even considered making it if Steve Jobs was alive today.

I don’t normally compliment Samsung for a [number] [of] [reasons] but I do like their new Galaxy K smartphone/camera. When they released the Galaxy Camera it was bulky, heavy and wasn’t practical at all, for one it didn’t fit smoothly in a pocket. It trended a bit in Kuwait (for being something new) then went down.

Here’s a comparison between the old Galaxy Camera and the new Galaxy K camera (the one I like), you’ll instantly notice how smoother and more practical the new one is. It comes with a better camera sensor and much more battery life. The Galaxy Camera had 1,650 mAh while the Galaxy K gets 2,430 mAh. You also get more RAM which is always a good plus.

The camera itself has 20.7 megapixels with 10x optical zoom, I saw a few photos samples and the zooming looked impressive, there was barely any compromise with image quality. The ISO goes up to 3,200 which is good but 6,400 would have been great. Its max is 3 shots per second with an option for manual mode if you want to go all pro.

Last year I mentioned how the Samsung Galaxy S4 looked similar to the Samsung Galaxy S3 and how it seemed like they’re taking a less innovative strategy, the whole point of Android is to have an open source with variety. If you’re going to buy the same phone every year except with improved specs you might as well get an iPhone.

Again, Samsung this year announced the Samsung Galaxy S5 with features that might sound good but practically rarely if not ever used. The specs barely jump in comparison to its predecessor the Galaxy S4.

I am less inclined every year to find out what Samsung’s next big thing is because it’s more like the next okay thing. I think they’re now trying to focus elsewhere (watches maybe?) and have diverted their attention and this was the result. It feels Samsung aren’t competing but rather playing the catching-up with Apple features game.

I bought the LG G2 because it bought new aspects to the table, the design was completely renovated with all the buttons at the back. The knock-on feature came in handy and the on-screen feature is something that made things a lot more convenient.